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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 75-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the following mean? "But hide a hundred idols with your cloak; If you're a eunuch underneath, don't dress In clothes of high heroic manliness."
(a) If you are brave, dress brave.
(b) Pretending is okay with God.
(c) Be true to yourself.
(d) Hide who you really are.

2. What did the turtle-dove wear around his neck?
(a) All the colors of the rainbow.
(b) A ring of loyalty.
(c) A circle of light.
(d) A mark of Cain.

3. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Fear.
(c) Self.
(d) Pride.

4. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?
(a) On the branch of the olive tree.
(b) On the soverign's hand.
(c) On the right side of the cross.
(d) At the right hand of God.

5. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?
(a) The mountains.
(b) Rome.
(c) Italy.
(d) In Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the miserly bird claim to love?

2. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?

3. According to the hoopoe, what is it better to suffer with than to live a life in shame?

4. What leader claimed that he was the lord to his people and the people ignored his claims?

5. What did God tell Shiekh Noughani to do in Neishaspour to find a grain of gold?

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